04-06 Flashcards
canvass
仔细检查,详尽讨论:examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; 游说,去(一个地区)的各处或找到(个人)来拉选票或订单:solicits votes or orders
capitulate
投降,默许:give all resistance
caprice
一时冲动的决定:impulsive change; 反复无常,善变:change, impulsively
captivate
吸引:attract
careworn
忧心忡忡的,焦虑的:grief, anxiety
cardinal
主要的,非常重要的:foremost importance, paramount
caricature
用讽刺歪曲等手法的夸张,漫画,讽刺画:exaggeration; 嘲笑性模仿或夸张:copy, exaggerate
carnal
肉体的,物质的:physical; 世俗的:worldly
carouse
畅饮,狂欢作乐:drink, freely
carp
对小事吹毛求疵,挑剔,表现不满:peevish criticism, objections, express dissatisfaction, tiresomely
carve
雕刻:three-dimensional representation; (通过长期不懈努力)开创,开拓:produce or bring about
cast
演员,演员阵容:a set of characters; 选派(演员):assign, actor; 提出:give off; 抛弃:get rid of
castigate
强烈(公开)指责:criticize; 惩罚:penalty
catalyze
成为···的导火索,导致:be the cause of
catastrophe
大灾难:tragedy; 彻底的失败:utter failure
categorical
没有例外的,无条件限制的,绝对的:without, qualification, absolute
catholic
普遍的,包容的:not limited or specialized
caustic
腐蚀性的:destroying, eating away; 挖苦讽刺的,刻薄的:incisive sarcasm
caveat
警告,告诫:warning of a specific limitation
cavil
挑剔,吹毛求疵:quibble
cavort
欢快地蹦跳或行走,雀跃:sprightly
cede
(根据条约)放弃,割让:surrender possession of
cement
粘合,粘合剂:uniting, binding
censor
审查并删除不良的东西:examine, delete
censorious
挑剔指责的:critical
censure
公开表示反对,谴责:public, formal disapproval
census
人口普查:survey, population
cessation
终止,暂停:stopping of a process
chaff
开玩笑:make jokes
chagrin
沮丧,懊恼:mind
chameleon
变色龙,善变的人:changes or adopts opinions
champion
支持:support
chaos
混乱:disorder, confusion
charade
装模作样:intended to deceive; 动作字谜:represented in pantomime
charlatan
骗子,装懂的人:fraudulent
chary
非常谨慎的:cautious
chase
镂雕(金属)以装饰:decorate; 驱赶:force out
chasm
分歧,(意见、利益或忠诚上)明显差异:pronounced difference
chauvinistic
盲目爱国的:excessive favoritism
check
使突然停止,阻止:arrest, abruptly; 同意,一致:agreement
cherubic
天使般可爱的:rosy
chicanery
诡计多端的,欺骗:deception
chide
责备:scold mildly
choleric
易怒的,暴躁的:angered; 生气的:anger, irate
chord
与···和谐一致,符合:accord, agree
chromatic
彩色的:colors
chronic
经常发生的,复发的:frequent recurrence;习惯性的,不可能改变的:not likely, change
churl
粗野的人:rude, boorish; 吝啬鬼:mean, stingy
cipher
无影响或无价值的人:no importance, influence; 计算(价值):determine, mathematical operations; 密码:conceal
circuitous
迂回的,不直接的:not, forthright, direct; 冗长的:more, necessary
circumlocution
绕圈子说话:unnecessarily, indirect, evasion; 冗长:too many
circumscribe
限制:limit; 包围,围绕:surround
circumspect
谨慎的,小心的:careful
circumvent
躲避,不遵从:avoid, comply
civility
彬彬有礼:courteous, politeness
claim
要求(权利):ask for, right; 断言:state as a fact; 剥夺生命:deprive, life; 权利:right
clandestine
隐藏的,秘密的:secret, illicit, improper
clarion
清楚响亮的:loud, clear
clarity
清晰,清楚:clear, lucidity; 清澈透明:easily seen through
clasp
紧握:holding
clement
宽容的,善良的:tolerant, kind; 气候温和的:neither, high, low
cliché
陈词滥调(的):hackneyed
clog
阻碍物:something, movement, progress difficult; 阻碍:difficulty; 堵塞:prevent, through
clot
密集的一群:a number of things, a unit; 堵塞:prevent, through, filling with something; 凝结:jelly
cloudburst
突然的一场暴雨:sudden copious rainfall
clout
权力,影响力:influence
cloying
甜得发腻的,感情用事的:sweet, sentimental
clumsy
笨拙的:lacking, nimbleness, lack, skill; 不文雅的:lacking, grace, inability, graceful; 不精致的:roughly
coagulate
(使)凝结,(使)变稠:coherent, clot
coalesce
合并,融合:whole, fuse
coax
哄骗:pleading, flattery, cajole
coda
终曲:concluding passage
coerce
(以武力)强制:force, threat
coeval
同时代的,同龄的:equal age
cogent
令人信服的:convincing; 相关的:pertinent
cognizant
知道的,意识到的:aware
collapse
突然倒塌或收缩:fall, shrink; 完全耗尽体力:depletion, energy, strength; 失败:unsuccessful
collude
串通,共谋(做坏事):together secretly, fraudulent, deceitful, conspire
colossal
巨大的:size, degree, immense
coltish
不守纪律的:not subjected, discipline; 爱开玩笑的:joking, teasing
coma
昏迷,深度无知觉:profound unconsciousness; 迟钝,冷漠:sluggishness
combustible
可燃的:igniting; 容易激动的:easily excited
comely
漂亮的,吸引人的:pleasing, wholesome, attractive
comity
友好,社会和谐:friendly, harmony
commencement
开始:beginning; 毕业典礼:conferring
commend
赞扬:approbation, praise; 委托保管:entrust; 推荐:recommend
commensurate
同样大小的:equal; 相称的,相当的:proportionate
commingle
充分混合:blend
commitment
致力,投入:obligated, impelled; 确信:belief; 承诺,表态:revealing one’s view
committed
忠诚的,忠实的:loyal
commodious
宽敞舒适的:spacious
commonsensical
符合常识的,有依据的:common sense, sound
commotion
骚乱:disturbance
compendium
摘要:summary, abstract; 目录,各种各样的列表或集合:list, collection
complacency
自满,无忧患意识:self-satisfaction, unawareness of trouble
complaisance
愿意顺从,讨好,彬彬有礼:comply, affability
compliant
顺从的:submissive
compliment
称赞,恭维:praise; 敬意,免费赠送的礼物:respectful
comply
遵从:conform, submit
compose
使镇定:calm; 组成,构成:form, constitute
compound
混合物:something composed;混合的:consisting;混合:together;扩大,增多:greater;和解:agree
compress
压缩(体积):reduce size, volume
compromise
妥协:concessions;使危险:danger
compunction
焦虑,内疚,良心不安:anxiety, guilt
concatenate
连结,混合:bring together
concave
凹的:curved
conceal
隐藏,隐瞒:prevent disclosure
concede
承认:grant;停止抵抗:cease resistance
concentrate
集中:focus;浓缩:less dilute;聚集:together
concerted
共同完成的:accomplished together
conciliate
平息,抚慰:lessen the anger;调解:compatible, reconcile
concise
简洁的:brevity
concord
一致,和睦:harmony, agreement
concur
同意:agreement;同一时间发生、存在:same time;团结合作:joint
condescending
摆出高人一等的姿态的:patronizingly superior
condign
应得的,恰当的:deserved
condole
表达同情:sympathetic
condone
宽恕;忽视:forgive
conducive
有益的,有促进作用的:promote
confident
有信心的,自信的:assurance, self-reliance